ICYMI – 04/03/14: UK HTC One users lose KitKat, BBM may soon have ads, and kids love mobile

When creating a wearable tech device – or a wearable anything for that matter – you would think that “make sure it doesn’t induce a hideous rash” would be fairly high up on the list of product-testing priorities, right alongside “doesn’t cause impotency” and “doesn’t explode”. For Fitbit though, it seems to have somehow slipped […]

The first video of Microsoft’s digital, Siri-like, assistant for its smartphones has leaked. Although the clip has no dialogue, it is fairly easy to make out what’s going on. We see the user create an account on what appears to be a pre-release build of a Windows 8.1 Phone and then set up the  “quiet […]

Having put up with a long waiting period, PlayStation 3 owners in the US will finally be able to stream HBO shows on their consoles. According to an announcement on the official PlayStation Blog, the platform is getting its very own HBO Go app starting today The app, which lets cable customers with HBO subscriptions […]

Android has overtaken Apple iOS to become the number one tablet operating system in terms of user numbers, according to new figures from market analysis firm Gartner. Android now claims 62 per cent of the market, with 121 million Android tablets sold worldwide in 2013, up from 53 million in 2012. Although sales of iOS […]